Interview by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike Peter Midgley’s latest collection, let us not think of them as barbarians (NeWest Press, 2019), is a “sensual and intimate” exploration and reconfiguration of Namibia’s history, philosophy, and relationship to the present. It was...
Photo Credit: Una RoulstonReview by A.N. Higgins Emma Donoghue is the author of eleven novels for adults––including Room, a finalist for the Man Booker Prize––two novels for children, and five short story collections, as well as various plays, screenplays,...
Interview by Bevan Thomas In 2007, aspiring cartoonist Jeffrey Ellis decided to unite Vancouver’s comics artists, and Cloudscape Comics was born. Over a decade later, Cloudscape Comics has published numerous graphic novels and anthologies to showcase both veteran cartoonists...
Photo by Aaron VandenbrinkInterview by Natasha Ramoutar Emma Hansen’s debut memoir Still ebbs and flows around the reader, much like its recurring motif of water. At times, it brims with heartbreak; at other times, it is tender and overflowing...
Interview by David Ly In the two years since Lily Wang debuted with her chapbook Everyone in Your Dream is You (Anstruther Press, 2018), she has honed her voice as a poet who poignantly speaks to contemporary culture in...
Interview by Uchechukwu Umezurike Uchechukwu Umezurike: I want to thank you for having this conversation with me, Margaret. First off, congratulations on your latest work, charger. There are many beautiful lines in charger. My favourites are: “hear / birds...
“Carving it out sister (peace-sign emoji)” is, fittingly, a roller coaster ride and a half. The language weaves seamlessly between high and low, pausing to linger on an image, and then taking off at breakneck speed again. It’s a...
Photo credit: Justin Eli KahnInterview by Alex Valente Alex Valente: Somrita, thank you for agreeing to do this! Literary translation is one of those fields where everyone eventually really does know everyone else, and your name keeps cropping up,...
Photo by Jennifer IvingsInterview by A.N. Higgins Tanya Boteju’s first book, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens, published in 2019, is a Young Adult (YA) novel about a 17-year-old queer, mixed Brown girl who, over the course of one life-changing summer,...